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> What is the main reason? That it is hard to root them? Imho it's just not worth it. There are a lot of way cheaper phones/tablets that you can get in order to run GNU/Linux. Why would anybody bother ?
I use an iPad Pro because it had the best form factor + weight + performance combination I could find.
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What substance did your comment have? You simply named some examples of actions that Apple has taken which doesn’t prove anything at all to your point since the very definition of security theater is taking actions that make it look like you care about security . The reason I think that they are theater is the same reason that any corporation does things like that. It’s just like Googles bullshit “do no evil” motto.…
The substance is that I actually use a security feature that Apple has implemented and it makes my device more secure. That's my justification for saying that Apple cares about security. If it was security theater, then the feature they implement would be for show and not actually make me more secure. I don't believe that's the case. Feel free to prove me wrong. That would count as substance. The burden is then on yo…
You're missing the point entirely. I said that Apple doesn't really care if you're actually secure or not...and your response to that is essentially "well, I feel safe". That says nothing about Apples motivations which is what my assumption centers around.
> If the actions you take to make it look like you care about security also happen to make you more secure, is it security theater?
And? Again, you're not speaking to motivation at all, which are the target of my assumptions. I can assume anything I want about Apples motivations based on my view of their history and there isn't much you can do to prove or disprove that, which makes your own complaint about my assumptions rather ridiculous. It's a fucking opinion...get over it!
> Can a company do something that both makes them look good in the public eye and be good for their users? I think they can.
Apparently it's good for some users and not so good for others as in the case of this posters story as well as my own.
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when a device reset could be required despite not having been stolen For which you would use the security questions that they avoided doing for spurious reasons...
We've entered a loop here, because you're referring to something they could have done differently at the beginning, but we had been discussing the situation that had been created by them going through the process they way they actually did. Yes, this could have been avoided by following Apple's procedures correctly. But given that we didn't do that, this story has highlighted a case where we can be prevented from usi…
You have a car parked outside your house. You have no keys and no paperwork proving ownership, nor is there a record of you in any central repository. Should you be able to just claim it by virtue of physical proximity? I think most people and most legal systems would say no.
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For cars, in the US, each state (to my knowledge) runs an ownership database, issues certificates of title, and compels buyers, sellers, and users of vehicles to update the database when ownership changes. Apple devices don't have a similar ownership database.
Sure they do, it’s called Apple ID.
Dealing with giant bueruecracy can be the most frustrating experience. bureaucracy’s are ultimately made of people though and rules can be stretched, broken, or changed. I hope some real human working at Apple sees this, has some sort of power to change things, and is willing to step up to bat for OP’s daughter.
There could be thousands of other people in this situation, though. Overriding the policy for one well-known blogger won't help those people.
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I know that, its the hardware I care about, its not cheap. And what if you buy used? There no papers to prove you bought it to Apple. And the fact there's a way for Apple to reset it, but not me, is also highly annoying. To me, the risk of setting a pin is greater than my phone getting stolen or my data being exposed. Also, $10 a month is a rediculous price, a kid will fill up 2TB within a year and then managing what…
Yes you can reset the device yourself. ( https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204306 ). The device will be locked to your account and you have to use your account credentials to use it. In this case, you're talking about backing up what's on your device. No device has 2TB of data to backup. If Apple exposed the file system unencrypted, that kind of defeats the whole purpose of encryption. How many people are really goin…
So the cloud storage is only to back up what can fit on your devices? I think the cloud storage required to backup/transfer whatever device you purchased should be free especially at the premiums they charge for a few extra built-in GBs. Charging for proper backups, that would let users easily take/copy their files somewhere else, I'm all for.
Android exposes the file system when you explicitly allow it from the device. Obviously that doesn't help when you've locked yourself out, but that's why you do regular backups. iOS does the same thing, but only for the DCIM folder and it's not in a standard way, Linux requires special software to access it and that's usually broken for a while after iOS updates. I backup my family photos and video locally and in cold storage at $0.78 a month for 174 GB. The process would only take me 5 minutes of work a month if it wasn't for 1 or more iOS devices misbehaving every time I try.
I use Android but I'm not sure on the state of their backup, I don't have any Google Cloud stuff enabled. I backup up my entire phone once in a while if I have data I think I'll care about that isn't photo or video (which is rare in my case).
All this ranting is really only because it's very frustrating that I can't control my mobile devices like I can my PCs. Android is better than iOS in that regard, but far from perfect.
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Ah, in that case I read it wrong, thank you. That's never spelled out in the article, especially with lines like: > My daughter knows her account name. She knows her password. She did not forget either one.
My daughter knows her account name. She knows the password for the account. She knows her passcode for the lock screen.
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Yes you can reset the device yourself. ( https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204306 ). The device will be locked to your account and you have to use your account credentials to use it. In this case, you're talking about backing up what's on your device. No device has 2TB of data to backup. If Apple exposed the file system unencrypted, that kind of defeats the whole purpose of encryption. How many people are really goin…
Looks like I misunderstood about the resetting. So the cloud storage is only to back up what can fit on your devices? I think the cloud storage required to backup/transfer whatever device you purchased should be free especially at the premiums they charge for a few extra built-in GBs. Charging for proper backups, that would let users easily take/copy their files somewhere else, I'm all for. Android exposes the file s…
You can backup your data on Android, but you can't just backup and restore the app data. Google tried that with apps that weren't built for it and it was an awful mess now it's opt-in and not all apps support it (https://www.howtogeek.com/140376/htg-explains-what-android-d...)
If my phone is dropped into a lake, I go into the Apple store and buy another one. My settings, apps, location of my apps on my home screen etc. will be just like I left it. Some apps rightfully choose for files not be backed up to iCloud. For instance it would make no sense for my podcasts to be backed up to iCloud.
As far as not having enough storage to backup your device - I agree. That's why I said Apple's free tier is "stingy".
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I think Apple is doing the right thing. The error lays in the user, a) don't rememebr my security questions .... eh well... B) Apple provides ways to restore everything, two factor, email recovery etc etc, if you didn't take care of your own security for 7 years, what are you crying about? Sometimes I don't get users.
Don't blame the user for poor product decisions.
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> This is a good thing - you want this to happen if your device is stolen How does the device know it's been stolen? It can't possibly tell the difference between "snatched on the bus and in the black market tech's lab" and "oh lol whups I forgot how to used my fingers". Provide a "my device was stolen" service for the user to initiate lockouts instead (and report the theft to the relevant authorities with location t…
Unlocking a disabled device takes 2 minutes - connect it to iTunes. It's a minor inconvenience if you happen to disable your own device. The point is you have to prove ownership by unlocking it using the same Apple ID. This person is unable to log into their Apple ID account, and is unable to perform account recovery because they don't have the answers to the security questions, nor access to the inbox of the email a…